Andrew hines



UNITED STATES PATENT EEicE.

ANDREW HINES, OF DBLIN, KENTUCKY.

GATE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 608,331, dated August 2, 1898.

Application filed April 14, 1897. Serial No. 632,192. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ANDREW HINEs, a citizen of the United States, residing at Dublin,

in the county of Graves and`State of Kentucky, have invented certain'new and useful* Improvements in Gates; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and eX- act description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art 'to which it ap t pointed out in the claim hereto appended.

The figure of the drawing is a perspective v1ew of a sliding and swinging gate constructed in accordance with this invention. t' Referring to the drawing, A A designate posts or uprights connected at their upper ends by a cross-piece B and arranged at the ends of a gate 1. The posts or uprights may be mounted upon a platform or sill of sufficient size to underlie the whole of the gate to preserve a level for the same and form a clear unobstructed base. The sill or platform is adapted to prevent dirt or mud from accumulating in hillocks or massesand .interfering with the easy opening and closing of the gate.

At one end of -the base of' the sill C, near the post or upright A', is' formed a socketc; but instead of forming the socket directly in the sill it may be madein a block or the like.

The gate l is slidingly mounted in a swinging frame or hanger, comprising a vertical bar F, a horizontal top bar F', and an inclined brace F", extending from the lower end of the vertical bar to the outer end of the horizontal top bar. The outer portion of the V swinging frame or hanger supports two vertical guide-pieces F3, extending downward to nearly th'e bottom of the gate, arranged on opposite sides thereof and secured to the bar F'.

The gate, which is composed of vertical bars and horizontal rails, slides upon rollers and on', the roller a: being mounted between the bars or pieces F3 at a pointbetweenv the ends thereof.` The other roller is mounted upon the vertical bar F between the same and a vertical piece F4, which is spaced from the bar F to form a guide for the gate, similar to the bars F3, The roller is located substantially at the center of the gate, whereby the latter is evenly balanced and the strain thereon is reduced to a minimum.

The bar F is provided at its lower end with a depending pivot or pintle -point c', which lits in the socket c of the base or support C, and at the upper end of the bar F is arranged a projecting pivot bolt l), which passes .through an eye E. The eye E projects from the upright A', and the pivot-bolt D is adapted to be removed when it is desired to detach the gate from the supporting-frame formed by the uprights A and A and the top piece B.

. The gate is capable of sliding inward on the Arollers to open it partially to afford a passageway for a person .on foot or on horseback, and it is also adapted to swing on the pivots of the frame or hanger to open it completely when it is desired to provide a wide passageway for vehicles, agricultural machinery, and the like. The gate is provided with a pivoted latch-bar 2, which engages a keeper 3 of the upright A, which constitutesa latch-post; but any other suitable form of latch may be employed.

The invention has the following advantages: The gate, while being simple, inexpensive, strong, and durable, is adapted to be readily operated to open it partially or completely, l and it' is adapted to be readily taken down by removing the pivot-bolt at the top of the swinging frame or hanger.

The combination of a base provided with a bearing-socket; a post mounted upon the base; Aa swinging hanger comprising a vertical bar. F, provided at its lower end with a depending pivot detachably arranged in said socket, a horizontal top bar extending outward from the upper end of the vertical bar F, and inclined braces connecting the vertical and horizontal bars and secured to the same at one side of the hanger; the horizontal ICO afford a wide passage-way; the parallel bars F spaced apart and depending from the outer end of the horizontal bar of Ithe hanger and extending downward to a point near the hottom of the latter; the bar l1" mounted on and spaced from the Vertical bar F; the sliding gate operating in the spaces hetween the bars l1 and the bar l1" and the hanger, and the rollers f1; and fc mounted in said spaces, supporting the gate and arranged below the eenter thereof, substantial] i as described.

ANDRPHV lIlN ICH.

R. O. IIESTER,

| l \Vitnesses: l N. l). Hin/VON. 

